Progress against the field
Between Los Angeles 2023 and Las Vegas 2026, Andrew Hou pulled 7:58 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:40 quicker, so 14:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
620 days between Gainful Anaheim 2024 and Phoenix 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:21 behind the field.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:49 PB91/458Beat 80%
↑ 233 days after Phoenix 2026, with Raymond Chen 0:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, so 0:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair0:59 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:03 PB913/1739Beat 48%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 better than the field: 7:14 faster on the clock, against 1:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete7:14 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:48132/408Beat 68%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:17706/947Beat 25%
↑ 620 days after Gainful Anaheim 2024 5:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:38 faster for everyone: 5:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete1:43 slower -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Relay · Men1:22:3334/74Beat 54%
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Gainful Anaheim19 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:34403/623Beat 35%
↑ 155 days after Los Angeles 2023 7:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 7:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete9:07 faster -
Los Angeles16 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:47:41329/404Beat 19%